Reviews tagging 'Animal cruelty'

The Loop by Jeremy Robert Johnson

9 reviews

dewey_decimater's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Cursing, Death, Gore, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

djsei's review against another edition

I skipped a bunch throughout the book, I couldn’t make it to the end.  Too gross, way too much description 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child abuse, Child death, Death, Physical abuse, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, Cannibalism, Car accident, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Pandemic/Epidemic

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Confinement, Gun violence, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

Minor: Drug use, Racial slurs, Racism, Vomit, Mass/school shootings, Abandonment, and Classism

erinquan's review against another edition

dark medium-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Car accident

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Bullying, Drug use, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

stupidpiscesguy's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, and Violence

lexcatt's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty, Gore, and Murder

Minor: Child death, Cursing, Death, Blood, and Car accident

mftaylor's review against another edition

4.0

I was pleasantly surprised.

A small town in Oregon is on the cusp of an outbreak and a trio of teenagers find themselves smack dab in the middle of it.

A gory and violent read with some uncomfortable parts, definitely not for everyone. Main characters are teens but it doesn't take from the story. I would recommend it.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Animal cruelty and Animal death

mothfemme's review against another edition

challenging dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Gore, Racism, Self harm, Torture, Violence, Blood, Vomit, Murder, Abandonment, and Injury/Injury detail

keen's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional mysterious reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I probably shouldn't write a review so soon after reading this book. I'm high from emotions, but honestly, that's the motivation I need to write.

There's so much to compliment about this book. Lucy was a deeply relatable character to me during the whole journey. The feeling of being excluded because of your race, the way childhood trauma messes you up in ways no one can understand, your childhood being taken away by horrible event after horrible event, heartbreak, I could go on.

This is a rough book. It's not lighthearted at all. The jokes that keep everything from being depressingly bleak comes in the form of self-deprecating humor and dark comedy. There is body horror, mostly of humans, and psychological horror. Every page had me hoping things would get better, and time and time again I was reminded of the terrible situation the characters were put in. Don't go into this story unless you're ready for a tense, heartbreaking adventure.

And this tense, heartbreaking adventure was a fun ride to go on. I practically had my face pressed against my screen. By the end, I was nearly teary-eyed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Torture, Violence, Blood, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Vomit

Minor: Rape

willardfillmore's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder

Moderate: Child death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Child death